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Thursday, March 14, 2013

York Co. SC Wills

York County York County was first established in 1785 and was part of Camden District. From 1791 to 1800 it was part of Pinckney District, but became a separate district at the dissolution of Pinckney in 1800. In 1897, part of the county was divided to become Cherokee County. It was named for York County, Pennsylvania. This region is known for the Catawba Indians and the famous Battle of Kings Mountain. The Catawbas signed a treaty with the English in 1763 relinquishing their rights to lands and thus ultimately reducing the size of their reservation. This treaty opened up the area to Scotch-Irish pioneers who were removing down from Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution, the battle of Williamson's Plantation was fought on July 12, 1780 and the battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780. The famous mountain victory helped to turn the tide of events for the Americans. Early settlers: John Martin, Colonel William Bratton (1742-1815), Nathaniel Henderson, Walter Thompson, William Edmondson, Elijah Browne, Samuel Watson, John Moffett, Joseph Turnbull. Transcripts of York County Wills are Available to Members of www.SouthCarolinaPioneers.net --- Subscribe and see the wills now York County Land Warrants 1807-1816 Transcripts of York County Wills 1816 to 1839 Adams, Francis Adams, Margaret Alexander, Hester Alexander, Herman Allison, Albert Allison, Robert Anderson, Ann Ardry, William Armstrong, Arthur Armstrong, James Armstrong, Mary Armstrong, Robert Barnes, John Barnhill, John Barnett, Thomas (2) Barnette, Richard Barron, John Barron, Thomas Barry, Jane Barry, John Sr. Barry, Roger Barry, Samuel Bartlett, Daniel Bates, John Bates, Robert Baxter, Mary Baxter, William Beamgarde, Godfrey Beard, Jane Benson, Jacob Bigger, Moses Bigger, William Black, John Black, Robert Blair, Samuel Blaylock, Jeremiah Boggs, Aron Boyd, Joseph Boyd, Thomas Sr. Bozewell, Robert Bradley, Ellfyday Bradley, Samuel Bratton, Martha Bridges, Thomas Brown, Joseph Brown, Robert Brumfield, Elizabeth Bryan, James Buchanan, Samuel Camp, William Campbell, Elizabeth Carroll, John Carroll, Joseph Carroll, Thomas (2) Carruth, John Chambers, Elizabeth Chambers, John Chambers, Samuel Chambers, William Champion, William Cherry, Peter Choat, William Clark, John Clendinen, Thomas Cooper, Margaret Craig, James Craig, Mary Crawford, Agness Crawford, James Sr. Crawford, James Currence, Rebecka Curry, Charles Cushman, Xerxes Darby, Samuel Darnal, James Darwin, John Davis, Thomas Davis, William Sr. Davison, Margaret Dickson, William Donally, Martha Donnally, James Donnom, Isaac Dunlap, Susannasah Dunlap, William Dunwoody, John Durhsm, John Ellis, John Ellis, Sarah Enloe, Isaac Enloe, Mary Falls, John Feemster, James Feemster, John (3) Ferris, Alexander Floyd, Andrew Forbes, John Sr. Gabbie, Joseph Gabby, John Gallagher, Jane Galloway, Alexander (2) Galloway, William Gault, Elizabeth Gazaway, William Sr. Gill, Mary Gillispie, Margaret Good, Mary Green, Abraham Greer, Agnes Greer, Susanna Grier, Robert Grier, Thomas Gwin, Richard Hagan, William Hall, William Hambright, Frederick Hambright, Patrick Hamilton, Patrick Hamilton, William Hanna, Archibald Hanna, Sarah Hannah, Rosanah Harper, Matthew Sr. Hart, Priscilla Harris, James Harris, Mary Harris, Nathaniel Harris, Prudence Harris, Robert Harrison, Henry Hart, John Hemingway, William Hemphill, Mary Hemphill, Ssmuel Henderson, John Henderson, Nathaniel Henry, Alexander Henry, William Sr. Hill, Solomon Hoff, Powel Hogg, James Hogg, Thomas Hogge, John Holdrage, Hannah Holt, Akillas Hood, George Houser, Henry Houser, John Howie, Robert Hutchison, Samuel Jackson, David Jackson, John Jackson, Joseph Jenkins, Benjamin Johnston, David Johnston, John Johnston, Sarah Kimbrel, Nancy Kindrick, William King, John Kuykendall, Jonathan Latham, Janes Laurance, Joseph Leatham, Mary Lipscomb, Wyatt Little, William Love, Alexander Love, Robert (2) Love, William Lowry, Samuel Lusk, Elizabeth Lusk, Jame Mannon, Massey Marley, Jamieson Martin, Michal Mason, James McCall, Guzzell McCarter, Christopher McCarter, James McCarter, Sarah McCarter, Walter McCaw, John McCaw, John Sr. McConnel, John Sr. McCreight, Robert McDaniel, Thomas McElwain, John John McFarlin McGuown, William McKenzie, Joseph Sr. McLean, William McLenahan, Finney McMackin, Thomas McMeans, James McNeel, Mary McSwain, George Meacham, Bartlett Miller, Abraham Miller, Elvy Miller, Hughey Miller, John Miller, Joseph (2) Miller, Samuel Minter, John Moore, Gordon Moore, John Moore, John Sr. Moore, Nathan Moore, Ruth Moore, Samuel Moore, William Sr. Muldoon, John Mullin, Unity Neely, David Neely, Jean Neely, Jonathan Neely, Samuel Neely, William Nesbitt, Francis Orr, John Packard, Zedic Pair, Mial Patrick, William Patrick, Robert Patterson, Andrew Patterson, Robert Peters, James Peters, John Peters, Martha Pettus, George Pettus, John Pettus, William Polk, John Polk, William Porter, Samuel Pursley, James Pursley, Robert Quinn, Thomas Rainey, William Ramsey, John Rea, Sarah Reeves, Cynthia Riddle, George Roberts, Andrew Roberts, Jesse Roberts, James Roberts, John Robertson, John Robinson, Mary Robinson, William Robison, William Rogers, Isaac Ross, George Ross, James Rowell, William Sadler, Elizabeth Sadler, Jane Sadler, Jane (2) Sadler, Richard Sandifer, Elizabeth Sandefur, Philip Smith, James Scott, Elizabeth Sherer, Thomas Simeril, James Simmoons, Daniel Smith, Henry Smith, James Smith, John Smith Lillis Smith, William Sr. Smith, Winefred Springs, Richard Stanton, William Steedman, Michael Steel, William Steele, Mary Stevenson, William Stuart, Archibald Suggs, Laban Swann, Ann Swann, John Swann, Mary Tate, James Thomasson, Nathaniel Thompson, Alexander Thompson, John Thompson, Thomas Thomson, William Tilghman, Joshua Turner, Robert Turner, Thomas (2) Vennable, James Vennable, William Waddel, David Walker, Hugh Wallis, Martha Webb, Eleanor Wells, Hugh White, Hugh Whitesides, Hugh Wilkins, Smith Williams, Charles Wilson, Thomas Workman, John Wood, Aaron Wylie, Nancy South Carolina Online Databases for Genealogists 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